diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3-legacy/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3-legacy/index.rst
index dfd70142c2..756c0925fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3-legacy/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3-legacy/index.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Building and flashing
 
 First make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert
 the ELF to a compatible ESP32 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 Configure the NuttX project: ``./tools/configure.sh esp32c3-devkit:nsh``
 Run ``make`` to build the project.  Note that the conversion mentioned above is
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3/index.rst
index 0a347bbbbf..e8c68758b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3/index.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Building and flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert
 the ELF to a compatible ESP32-C3 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 Configure the NuttX project: ``./tools/configure.sh esp32c3-generic:nsh``
 Run ``make`` to build the project.  Note that the conversion mentioned above is
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c6/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c6/index.rst
index 8bcaa11bb7..6a51d3cf8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c6/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c6/index.rst
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Building and flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert
 the ELF to a compatible ESP32-C6 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 Configure the NuttX project: ``./tools/configure.sh esp32c6-devkitc:nsh``
 Run ``make`` to build the project.  Note that the conversion mentioned above is
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32h2/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32h2/index.rst
index 967fe03aa4..38bff47fb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32h2/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32h2/index.rst
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Building and flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert
 the ELF to a compatible ESP32-H2 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 Configure the NuttX project: ``./tools/configure.sh esp32h2-devkit:nsh``
 Run ``make`` to build the project.  Note that the conversion mentioned above is
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32/index.rst
index 7701b0fd7f..115159d646 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32/index.rst
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Building and Flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert the ELF to a
 compatible ESP32 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 It's a two-step process where the first converts the ELF file into an ESP32 compatible binary
 and the second flashes it to the board. These steps are included in the build system and it is
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ Prerequisites
 First of all, we need to install ``imgtool`` (a MCUboot utility application to manipulate binary
 images) and ``esptool`` (the ESP32 toolkit)::
 
-    $ pip install imgtool esptool
+    $ pip install imgtool esptool==4.8.dev4
 
 We also need to make sure that the python modules are added to ``PATH``::
 
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s2/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s2/index.rst
index 78c0b3e5e1..e88bbc0e09 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s2/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s2/index.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Building and Flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert the ELF to a
 compatible ESP32-S2 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 It's a two-step process where the first converts the ELF file into an ESP32-S2 compatible binary
 and the second flashes it to the board. These steps are included in the build system and it is
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Prerequisites
 First of all, we need to install ``imgtool`` (a MCUboot utility application to manipulate binary
 images) and ``esptool`` (the ESP32-S2 toolkit)::
 
-    $ pip install imgtool esptool
+    $ pip install imgtool esptool==4.8.dev4
 
 We also need to make sure that the python modules are added to ``PATH``::
 
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/index.rst
index 407119ea8d..7c5a11a9e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/index.rst
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Building and Flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert the ELF to a
 compatible ESP32-S3 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 It's a two-step process where the first converts the ELF file into an ESP32-S3 compatible binary
 and the second flashes it to the board. These steps are included in the build system and it is
diff --git a/tools/ci/docker/linux/Dockerfile b/tools/ci/docker/linux/Dockerfile
index 34c1167adb..1cbd473202 100644
--- a/tools/ci/docker/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/ci/docker/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ RUN pip3 install cmake-format
 RUN pip3 install cvt2utf
 # Install pytest
 RUN pip3 install cxxfilt
-RUN pip3 install esptool
+RUN pip3 install esptool==4.8.dev4
 RUN pip3 install imgtool
 RUN pip3 install kconfiglib
 RUN pip3 install pexpect==4.8.0
diff --git a/tools/ci/platforms/darwin.sh b/tools/ci/platforms/darwin.sh
index af2042e18d..6d1b170098 100755
--- a/tools/ci/platforms/darwin.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/platforms/darwin.sh
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ python_tools() {
     cmake-format \
     cvt2utf \
     cxxfilt \
-    esptool \
+    esptool==4.8.dev4 \
     imgtool==1.9.0 \
     kconfiglib \
     pexpect==4.8.0 \
diff --git a/tools/ci/platforms/linux.sh b/tools/ci/platforms/linux.sh
index eda7087dbc..0cbc98ef8f 100755
--- a/tools/ci/platforms/linux.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/platforms/linux.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ python_tools() {
     CodeChecker \
     cvt2utf \
     cxxfilt \
-    esptool \
+    esptool==4.8.dev4 \
     imgtool \
     kconfiglib \
     pexpect==4.8.0 \
diff --git a/tools/ci/platforms/ubuntu.sh b/tools/ci/platforms/ubuntu.sh
index b17f2349b8..8f65884658 100755
--- a/tools/ci/platforms/ubuntu.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/platforms/ubuntu.sh
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ python_tools() {
     CodeChecker \
     cvt2utf \
     cxxfilt \
-    esptool \
+    esptool==4.8.dev4 \
     imgtool \
     kconfiglib \
     pexpect==4.8.0 \
diff --git a/tools/esp32/Config.mk b/tools/esp32/Config.mk
index f17dd9e4f4..02ca4dd666 100644
--- a/tools/esp32/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/esp32/Config.mk
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/tools/esp32c3/Config.mk b/tools/esp32c3/Config.mk
index 1167c741e1..08b8c78866 100644
--- a/tools/esp32c3/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/esp32c3/Config.mk
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32-C3 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/tools/esp32s2/Config.mk b/tools/esp32s2/Config.mk
index df3dceaa04..3c2468c0e9 100644
--- a/tools/esp32s2/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/esp32s2/Config.mk
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32-S2 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/tools/esp32s3/Config.mk b/tools/esp32s3/Config.mk
index 1e06e92fb9..3ca37ea260 100644
--- a/tools/esp32s3/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/esp32s3/Config.mk
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32-S3 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32-S3 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/tools/espressif/Config.mk b/tools/espressif/Config.mk
index 60172763d5..f6afb0995c 100644
--- a/tools/espressif/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/espressif/Config.mk
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: NuttX binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \